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I hear that a lot but you need two numbers: money raised and valuation. Precise valuation is generally kept secret. Even in an IPO my understanding is the numbe
by floatrock 11y ago
I hear that a lot but you need two numbers: money raised and valuation. Precise valuation is generally kept secret. Even in an IPO my understanding is the numbers never make it out into SEC docs or anything. If you know of a company that has shared this info, would love to see it and tell their story!
- matthewmcg 11y agoThe valuation of a public company is easy--it's the "market cap." or the number of outstanding shares times the share price. The S-1 filing for an IPO has to include a cap. table and the share price is right on the front page of the S-1.
- floatrock 11y agoTo figure out the dilutions, we need the valuation at each round. My understanding is only the IPO valuation is made public, not the per-round breakdowns.
- matthewmcg 11y agoRight, after the IPO everyone is automatically converted to common but for the history of past rounds you need to look at the charter. The charter is publicly available from the secretary of state wherever the corporation is incorporated. It will state how many shares of each series of preferred stock is authorized. Also, if there is price-based anti-dilution protection (typical in non-seed investments), the charter will state the "original issue price" of each series (i.e. the price per share when first sold). You can check the amount actually sold in the company's SEC Form D filings (also public) and work out the historical valuation that way. This doesn't account for things like notes converting at a discount, milestones, adjustments for down rounds, etc. But it is possible to get a rough idea of the valuation trajectory.
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